The essence of war is fire, famine, and pestilence. They contribute to its outbreak; they are among its weapons; they become its consequences.

We ... must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow.

... four other pieces of equipment that most senior officers came to regard as among the most vital to our success in Africa and Europe were the bulldozer, the jeep, the 2--ton truck, and the C-47 airplane. Curiously, none of these is designed for combat.

My ambition in the Army was to make everybody I worked for regretful when I was ordered to other duty.

In the service, when a man gives you his word, his word is binding. In politics, you never know.

From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard.

Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.